dingy
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The veil between this world and the next is so thin that Clark can literally walk right through it, from his dingy store into the familiar yellow dimension of the film’s opening sequence.
From Salon • May 30, 2026
When one, an unsettling nine-minute experiment about a warren of dingy carpets, taffy-yellow walls and gridded drop ceilings clicked with 78 million viewers, he made sequels.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
Roughly half a million people pass each day through this cramped, dingy catacomb beneath Madison Square Garden.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
They could end up nursing a grudge that they paid $200 a night for a space that resembles a dingy roadside motel rather than a boutique experience.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
Now both the notebook and my quilt seem foul, dingy, and ruined, damaged beyond repair.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
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